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| author | Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org> | 2010-01-21 08:43:24 -0500 |
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| committer | Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org> | 2010-01-21 08:43:24 -0500 |
| commit | b82efa2756523858fed6b870daa591f440262303 (patch) | |
| tree | 8a7b9b1418d07a602c94a217216eba4715dc1c48 /Porting/release_managers_guide.pod | |
| parent | 6642915e130e2410e5cc7d1e00a39aa7b8774d05 (diff) | |
| download | perl-b82efa2756523858fed6b870daa591f440262303.tar.gz | |
Revert "remove defunct "Changes" file step from RMG"
This reverts commit 6642915e130e2410e5cc7d1e00a39aa7b8774d05.
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diff --git a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod index f3a139a9b7..8bdb58ff33 100644 --- a/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod +++ b/Porting/release_managers_guide.pod @@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ in having one for a snapshot, but it's not required). =back + =head2 Building a release - advance actions The work of building a release candidate for a numbered release of @@ -327,6 +328,22 @@ in particular, the "Coexistence with earlier versions of perl 5" section. =item * +I<You MUST SKIP this step for SNAPSHOT> + +Update the F<Changes> file to contain the git log command which would show +all the changes in this release. You will need assume the existence of a +not-yet created tag for the forthcoming release; e.g. + + git log ... perl-5.10.0..perl-5.12.0 + +Due to warts in the perforce-to-git migration, some branches require extra +exclusions to avoid other branches being pulled in. Make sure you have the +correct incantation: replace the not-yet-created tag with C<HEAD> and see +if C<git log> produces roughly the right number of commits across roughly the +right time period (you may find C<git log --pretty=oneline | wc> useful). + +=item * + Check some more build configurations. The check that setuid builds and installs is for < 5.11.0 only. |